Businesses that I am Boycotting

I refuse to spend any of my money with any of the following companies due to their support of the radical right agenda. I have recently added Whole Foods, but perhaps there are others that I am unaware of and someone could point them out for me. Although, I am just one consume (actually 4 if you count my family), these companies will not receive a penny from me in order to fund their hate machines:

Regal Cinema- is an affiliate of AEG, whose parent company Anschutz Corporation is run by Philip Anschutz. He has made many political donations, including a $50,000 to the Boehner-linked Congressional Leadership Fund Super PAC

Golds Gym-s a subsidiary of TRT Hodlings, a private corporation whose co-founder Robert Rowling has given more than $1,000,000 in total to American Crossroads and Mitt Romney’s Super PAC Restore Our Future

Curves (a gym that is mainly women, supports the defunding of Planned Parenthood and is against abortion rights)
Dixie Cup-s a subsidiary of Koch Industries, headed by Charles and David Koch who are planning to funnel approximately $400 million to groups like the National Rifle Association, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, the National Right to Life Committee, Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, the 60 Plus Association and the American Future Fund.

Brawny Paper Towels-s a subsidiary of Koch Industries, headed by Charles and David Koch who are planning to funnel approximately $400 million to groups like the National Rifle Association, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, the National Right to Life Committee, Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, the 60 Plus Association and the American Future Fund.

Angel Soft Toilet Paper-is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, headed by Charles and David Koch who are planning to funnel approximately $400 million to groups like the National Rifle Association, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, the National Right to Life Committee, Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, the 60 Plus Association and the American Future

Georgia Pacific (Funny story, this company called me last week and said they had been referred to me through a headhunter and wanted to talk to me about either a full-time job or a consulting job. At this point, I interrupted the guy and said "not interested" and he said "I didnt even tell you about the position, salary or location", so I restated "not interested, I would never work for the enemy", a long pause then ensued. When the gent finally replied he stated "what do you mean enemy", so I said "I would never work for the Koch Brothers and the world would be a better place if they were dead" and I hung up.

Olive Garden

Dunkin Doughnuts

Home Depot-When Al Franken was running for Senate their CEO said that any business person who voted for Franken should be shot. He refused to apologize or even say that he was joking

Red Lobster

Applebee's-Cutting employee hours to do the end run around around Obamacare

Jimmy Johns-Anti union and against Affordable Care Act

WalMart-Anti union, poor employee benefits

Outback Steakhouse-Forced employees to make donations to GOP candidates, and let Rick Sanitarium use their corporate jet, like it was his personal car. Plus, they're pushing to lower the "tipped" minimum wage to servers.

31. Just list all the Darden restaurants, see below:

Not only for the Obamacare thing but also for their collaboration with Orange County (Fl) mayor and commissioners to keep a citizens petition off the ballot last november mandating paid sick pay within Orange County. After the citizens followed proper procedure and law. That in itself is deplorable because food workers are the ones directly passing on germs and viruses if they are sick.

I have boycotted them and Sams. Walmart when I can. Dixie when I can. Don't eat Bluebell anyway, don't use Brawny - don't like it.

17. This could have it's own forum!

I already boycott most of those, and thank you for the list and the rationales.

I'm from WI. I love your comments about the Koch brothers! For months I brought my own hand towels to school (work) because I refused to use the GP paper towels in the rest room. Our custodian was right on it, and she found some non-Georgia Pacific towels. It's a shame, as I believe I have heard the GP workers belonged to a union. (Don't quote me, I will have to look that up again.)

(In the staff restrooms, we've covered the GPon the towel dispensor with stickers that say "Corporations are not people" and "Support Our Teachers".)

18. Wal-mart

19. some of these are in canada

But they must provide and contribute to our health care. I will still boycott them here. I have no future plans on visiting the states. My son lives in England now so I will be going to visit him and tour Europe. I used to spend two months in Florida but now going to the the Caribbean. The guns in the USA are making me very Leary going there.

20. Dennys?

I'm pretty sure that was just a number of franchise stores in Florida and Dennys corporate quickly put a boot up the owners ass. The Dennys I frequent is part of a 2 store franchise and I've met the owner, he's regular people and the employees need their jobs. You know, kids and rent and shit.

We need to make sure that our list of businesses to boycott doesn't end up hurting those we are trying to help.

25. Correct

21. Add Home Depot

They are based in Minnesota. When Al Franken was running for Senate their CEO said that any business person who voted for Franken should be shot. He refused to apologize or even say that he was joking. Fortunately for me, their is a Lowe's across the street from Home Depot near my home.

73. maybe it was their Chairman of the Board that was in MN

22. Keep this up and we all are supposed to

starve to death, filthy and naked in the streets?
Are you going to stop paying your mortgage because it was sold to whatever big bad bank? Where are you going to keep your money when you don't have a home to store your mattress in?

Those places also provides the jobs for people just like us. What about them? Jobs still are not that plentiful, that they can just find another.
There are better ways to handle this than boycotting. You know like getting Citizens United overturned, for starts. Stopping Republican Gerrymandering. Getting the teabaggers out of Congress and the state legislators and governorships. Cut their political funding. Chop it off at their source.
They are so big, they will never even notice the few not patronizing their businesses, anyway.

26. Disagree

I respect your opinion, but I disagree with you. There are tons of other national chains that are neutral politically that you can dine at, or even support your local Mom and Pop diners. Someof the best pizza that I have ever had has come from local shops instead of national chains. Many of the businesses that I have listed support the radical right which will use your funds to help their cause. In addition, most of the businesses listed above have an agenda to lower the power of the working man.

40. Agree

That the issues you listed are A One priorities and I am more than willing to help the cause. I do agree that they may not notice one or two people boycotting, but it is more for my own personal satisfaction. If you read the title of my thread, I state these are the businesses that I am boycotting for my own moral purposes.

29. Solidarity is attacked because it works!

Solidarity is what working people have lost, along with it any rights they ever had. We are beginning to realize what the loss of solidarity and "divide and conquer" has done to working people in America.
The only thing the corporations fear is the solidarity of the people. They may have the money, but there's a lot more of us.
I believe in solidarity, whether it be by boycott or unionizing. It's the power OF the people. Sacrifice is a necessary side effect, but worth the effort. Solidarity will bring real and progressive change for the better.

23. Outback.

Forced employees to make donations to GOP candidates, and let Rick Sanitarium use their corporate jet, like it was his personal car. Plus, they're pushing to lower the "tipped" minimum wage to servers.

27. I already

Boycott most of them. I also boycott the closest drycleaner to my house (teabagger) the jewerly store in town (crazy conspiracy theory lady) and the Jiffy lube (they always have Faux News on) I rather drive the extra miles than give my money to these crazy fuckers!

46. Macy's

for their continued relationship with Donald Trump despite his racist, treasonous rants and their defense of it as allowing "our customers to choose what they prefer". So I choose to vote with my wallet and prefer to boycott Macy's.

48. We all have to make our own decisions.

I personally boycotted Exxon after the way they handled the Alaskan oil spill, and then over their disinfomation campaign regarding climate change. But then which of the oil campanies should I buy gas from? I read of some outrage committed by each one of them fairly regularly.

I don't eat at most of the food businesses on this list mainly for health reasons. But as far as I'm concerned it follows that companies who don't care about the wellbeing of their employees also don't care about the health of their customers.

However, all that being said, I have to weigh pros and cons. The fact that a company has a CEO that spouts nonsense or contributes to candidates I find repugnant doesn't necessarily put them on my own personal blacklist. I'll use Whole Foods as an example. I think John Mackay regularly says ridiculous things and I did boycott them for a couple of years. However, Whole Foods is widely regarded as one of the best companies to work for. The one that recently opened near my home stocks lots of locally sourced organic foods, which is a cause I support. Should I buy my eggs across the street at the giant grocery store where the eggs come from far away factory farms or from Whole Foods where they stock eggs from a local farm that treats their birds well? Then there's the fresh fish from sustainable sources, etc. I support those causes. I may even go work part time at that store after I retire from my full time job. Their employees always seem happy and relaxed.

Point is, it doesn't have to be all or nothing just because some CEO says something stupid. I suggest weighing the pros and cons overall.

74. You made a good point there.

And it's not like every Wal-Mart employee for example, is some jackass wingnut just because the CEO is. I never really saw the appeal of boycotting businesses, anyway. First of all, the business CEOs are still going to be making huge profits even with a few people boycotting. Plus, I just think it's more work involved than is necessary to go around finding the political affiliations of all the business CEOs. Most businesses are probably owned by RWNJs, so that means if we started boycotting everything owned by them, that wouldn't leave many options available to shop.

61. Thank you for the list!

62. I almost have to laugh

only because I live so far out in the sticks that the only ones I might have to consider would be the paper products, that I don't use anyway since I've been actively boycotting the Kocheads for years now. I have to go about 100+ miles just to try and find any of the others and by that time, I have already figured out that I was going to go there anyway. And I make a point of NOT going to Walmart.

Thanks for reminder though, I will remind anyone I ride with about these so that they don't try to get me to go to lunch at one of these. I always tell them I have food allergies... I'm allergic to corporate nonfoodstuffs and all the added chemicals.

72. A couple of these are tough

Most of the list is not a big problem. Not sure about Dunkin Donuts. We don't go there often, but there are times when you just have to bring a box of their coffee somewhere. The biggest problem to me is New Balance. So far they're the only sneakers that really work for my husband's diabetic feet.

76. I don't go to corporate restaurants, go to local ones

78. Thanks for the list...

I think personal boycotts are great. I would like to see more public support for these kinds of boycotts, but it probably won't happen. However, if everyone can get just one person or one family to boycott and these businesses see a less money coming in because of their insane rantings and employment practices they might become more inclined to change. Businesses are looking to see no less than 3% increases in sales every year, so if they fail to get that or worse see drops in revenues over the years it will make an impact.

I would also like to see sort of a reverse boycott thread. I have no where to begin as far as that goes. I see these lists and it's like there is no win. For example I live in Minnesota and in my neighborhood there is Home Depot and Menards. Both are owned by corporate asshats. Home Depot gave money to Michelle Bachman's campaign and I believe Emmer's (I hope I got the name right the guy that ran against Dayton for Governor) campaign. But, Menards is owned by a guy that won't even pay for employee uniforms. The neighborhood Menards here was torn down and rebuilt. But, before that the employee break room was in the middle of the freaking store. I don't know about anyone else, but I found that to be a horrible place for a break room Really who wants to take their break in the middle of a public place? Also the employees don't seem to be trained very well and have little knowledge of most the products. Home Depot on the other hand treats their employees better it seems higher wages, a hidden from public break room, better training (or at least employees that know what they are talking about). I don't even know where a Lowe's is, but they are around probably several miles out of my way, I don't drive and I don't want to ask for a ride way out of anyone's way.

So, in many cases personal boycotts lead to some personal dilemmas and it would be nice to know where to shop rather than where not to shop. I do believe it makes a difference at least eventually.

Just to start off on such a list I have two tentative offerings for the reverse boycott list.

Farmers Markets and Trader Joes. I can't get to Trader Joes, but for those that can, I have heard they are a good company. Oh I have three, I heard Costco is good to their employees, I can't get there either but for those that can.

And to wind up this long winded response, I have to say. Eat a lot less fake food and buy as good quality items, to reduce environmental impact and to make it more likely you are shopping from people that are more likely liberals, because we know that liberals are more likely to care about environmental impact of what they produce and use.